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New arrival Tom Ince is confident Stoke City have the quality in their squad required to mount a successful promotion push in the coming season.

Speaking soon after completing a potential £12m deal to join the Potters from Premier League Huddersfield Town, Ince said: “I know what it requires to be successful in the Championship and I have already seen there is a lot of experience here, an enormous amount of quality and it is a really exciting place to be. I just can’t wait to get down to work.”

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He scored three times in 37 appearances for Huddersfield last season - including one against Stoke in a 1-1 Boxing Day draw at the John Smith’s Stadium - but is now deemed to be surplus to requirements by Terriers’ boss David Wagner.

Ince told the Stoke City website: “When Stoke made the approach and Huddersfield let it be known they were open for business, then I had absolutely no second thoughts about wanting to come here.

“I am delighted to be at Stoke, a massive club with a huge fan-base, and so excited to get going again.

New Stoke City recruit Tom Ince. (Image: Phil Greig / Stoke City FC)

“Everything about the club is geared up to being at the top-level, which as we all know is where Stoke has been for a long time.

“It is a shame that we are in this division now, but it is down to us as a group of players to make sure we bounce straight back up.

“It’ll be a long old season in the Championship, with all those Saturday and Tuesday night games, but I think we’ve got a good enough squad and a strong enough squad to cope with that and be in the promotion mix come May.”

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Ince certainly believes he is fit enough to get going straight away. He added: “I managed to do a little bit of one-on-one stuff with the fitness coach today, but I feel fit anyway.

“I’ve done a lot of pre-season as it is, so it’s not as if I’ve got to play catch-up. I’m ready to go and I can’t wait to join in with the group and start training.

“I haven’t really got long to gel with the rest of the squad, but I don’t see that as being too much of a problem. I’ve just got to make sure now that I get my head down, keep training hard, build up some partnerships with players and then it should be easy come Saturdays.”